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[quote name='Lew-Bass' post='401708' date='Feb 6 2009, 03:26 AM']How do you go about this if say for example it is a custom-made amp?[/quote]

I don't think it can really be easily done. You could use a plug-through electrical meter and then play your amp at maximum volume to determine how many watts it draws from the grid, but then the amp won't have 100% efficiency so your effective wattage will be much lower.

I assume that you are trying to sell the amp and you are wondering what to put on the advert to portray how loud it is. One option would be to A/B your amp with some other common amps, find the one that seems to have about the same output, and then on your advert write "I don't know the wattage, but it's comparable to a blah blah blah." You should definitely invite potential buyers to try it out first.

S.P.

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Simplest vaguely accurate way would be to plug it into a suitable cab, run a sine wave through it at about 200Hz and put a volt meter across the outputs. Find the highest voltage you can get whilst the sine wave still sounds clean to you. Then Power=Volts squared divided by resistance (4 or 8 ohm depending on the cab). This should be accurate enough to be useful.

Note that matching power output of amps with power handling of cabs is a very inexact science. A 2:1 ratio in either direction is pretty well optimised but I wouldn't worry too much about going as far as 10:1 in either direction.

Alex

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check the rating of any electrical components
i dont know how to do it with meters
but i am sure it can be measured by the gain ratio
an amp will put out a multiple of what is fed into it
and reaches its max usable is when it starts to clip at around 1%

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[quote name='mrcrow' post='404252' date='Feb 9 2009, 01:10 PM']check the rating of any electrical components
i dont know how to do it with meters
but i am sure it can be measured by the gain ratio
an amp will put out a multiple of what is fed into it
and reaches its max usable is when it starts to clip at around 1%[/quote]

Have you been reading 'Electronics For Dogs'?

;)

+1 for Alex's answer (as is generally the case :P )

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[quote name='bremen' post='404256' date='Feb 9 2009, 01:13 PM']Have you been reading 'Electronics For Dogs'?
:P
+1 for Alex's answer (as is generally the case :huh: )[/quote]

:)

:angry: :P

no for crows

CAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

sorry for the stupid observations... ;)

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[quote name='mrcrow' post='404425' date='Feb 9 2009, 04:08 PM']:P

:) :huh:

no for crows

CAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

sorry for the stupid observations... ;)[/quote]

sorry, didn't mean to be rude, your post was just a bit confusing and your avatar brought a certain book to mind!

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